Are enlarged prostate and prostatic hyperplasia the same thing?

Are prostate enlargement and prostate hyperplasia the same thing? Prostate enlargement, also known as prostate hyperplasia, is one of the common diseases among middle-aged and elderly men.

The incidence rate increases with age, reaching 50% for people aged 50-60, 75% for people aged 60-70, and 80% for people aged 70-80, and the trend is continuing to rise. Since the lesions are mainly located in the glands around the urethra at the bladder outlet, it is easy to cause urethral obstruction or blockage.

Symptoms include frequent and urgent urination, followed by slow and intermittent urination, thin and ineffective urine flow, and finally complete loss of urine. A large amount of urine accumulates in the bladder, making it difficult to expel and very painful. This is medically known as "urinary retention", commonly known as "urinary retention syndrome".

It should be emphasized that people with prostate enlargement should prevent colds and abstain from alcohol, because many commonly used anti-cold medicines contain phentermine, which will aggravate the condition after taking; drinking alcohol can cause congestion and edema of the prostate, which is even worse.

In recent years, clinical studies have found that certain drugs can actually induce or aggravate urinary retention, and the onset is rapid, with some symptoms occurring 2-4 hours after taking the drug. So, what drugs should patients with prostatic hypertrophy avoid?

The introduction is as follows:

1. Strong diuretics such as furosemide (Frusemide) and ethacrynic acid (ethacrynic acid) can cause electrolyte imbalance and lead to urinary retention. Therefore, patients with prostatic hypertrophy should use medium-acting diuretics such as hydrochlorothiazide and fluazifop, or low-effective diuretics such as spironolactone and acetazolamide.

2. Anti-allergic drugs such as phenergan, pizotifen, chlorpheniramine, chlorpheniramine, antiallergic amine, azatadine, mequitazine, etc. will increase dysuria. Astemizole can be used instead.

3. Other drugs such as Antalol, Isoniazid, Mecamylamine, Venolutong and the Chinese medicine Citrus aurantium can also cause urinary stasis.

4. External medications such as atropine eye drops and ephedrine nasal drops should not be ignored.

5. Antipsychotic drugs such as chlorpromazine (Hyperchlordex), chlorpheniramine, haloperidol (Fluoperidol), etc., these drugs can cause dysuria.

6. Drugs used for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, such as propranolol, nifedipine and verapamil, can all cause urinary retention due to inhibition of bladder muscles.

7. Gastrointestinal analgesics such as tomato, atropine, scopolamine, scopolamine (654-2), scopolamine, anisodine, anisidine, angiotensin, propantheline, etc., can relax the detrusor muscle of the bladder and cause urinary retention.

8. Antidepressants such as imipramine, doxepin, amitriptyline, clomipramine, etc. can also induce auria.

9. Antiasthmatic drugs such as aminophylline, theophylline, ephedrine and isoproterenol (meproterenol) can cause dysuria.